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Today's SNL vs In Living Color
Posted on 8/23/14 at 10:48 pm
Posted on 8/23/14 at 10:48 pm
If a show like In Living Color came out today, would they put SNL out of business? Only ask cause its Saturday night, thus rerun of SNL is on, and it's a really poor selection (Trevon/Zimmerman opener------Ferguson shooting), and it really sucks. And SNL has sucked for a few years....
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Posted on 8/23/14 at 10:53 pm to Darkknight
In Living Color today would likely be on Comedy Central or some cable channel so it wouldn't really compete with SNL. If Chappelle's Show couldn't kill it, nothing can.
Posted on 8/23/14 at 10:54 pm to Darkknight
Maybe but a ton of the stuff that made In Living Color great you couldn't do these days so it'd have to be more like SNL. Men on Film would get Fox burned down.
Posted on 8/23/14 at 10:55 pm to Darkknight
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And SNL has sucked for a few years...
You sure it's not that you've just gotten older? Because In Living Color couldn't hold SNL's jock strap back in the day, just like Mad TV, and it wouldn't be any different today. SNL gets the best comics available.
Posted on 8/23/14 at 10:55 pm to Brosef Stalin
But was Chapelle on Saturday night at 10:30 and lasted 1.5 hours? If so I'd agree.
Posted on 8/23/14 at 10:57 pm to LoveThatMoney
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Because In Living Color couldn't hold SNL's jock strap back in the day
Because that was a great era of SNL, which it isn't in now.
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SNL gets the best comics available.
That doesn't mean other good people aren't out there. I mean SNL didn't have Carrey, Wayans, David Alan Grier, Will Sasso, Aries Spears, etc.
This post was edited on 8/23/14 at 10:59 pm
Posted on 8/23/14 at 10:58 pm to LoveThatMoney
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In Living Color couldn't hold SNL's jock strap back in the day,
Ummmm...what?
The Wayans. Jim Carrey. David Allen Greer. Tommy Davidson. Jamie Foxx. Chris Rock.
tGOAT
Posted on 8/23/14 at 11:06 pm to Wanderin Reb
yeah, but it was going up against a pretty solid SNL cast. I was a fan of both shows though.
Carvey
Hartman
Myers
Farley
Sandler
Spade
Chris Rock
Meadows
Norm McDonald
Carvey
Hartman
Myers
Farley
Sandler
Spade
Chris Rock
Meadows
Norm McDonald
Posted on 8/23/14 at 11:09 pm to LoveThatMoney
Quick answer is a) Yea I'm getting older. Are we not all getting older? b) I know what your getting at and yes, I've watched SNL since I was a wee boy. I'd lie if I said my age didn't influence my view of SNL. I watched during all the great years, the average years, and the suck arse years. I complained when they were horrible in the late 70s, mid-80s, mid 90s, post 9/11 years....
Age no. Experiance watching an episode live at that moment in time, sure.
Based on this, IMO they are and have been horrible several years.
Age no. Experiance watching an episode live at that moment in time, sure.
Based on this, IMO they are and have been horrible several years.
Posted on 8/23/14 at 11:15 pm to saintsfan92612
Exactly my point! Could SNL today survive a crew like In Living Color? Or maybe SNL was feeling the competition from ILC, so they had to bump up their game?
Posted on 8/23/14 at 11:18 pm to Darkknight
TV is way more PC these days. SNL still has to be fairly safe and PC while cable shows can push the boundaries more. That gives them an advantage. SNL in the early 90s was doing stuff they couldn't do today. The stuff on Chappelle's Show would never be allowed on a broadcast network. It's the same problem all other network shows have when compared to cable.
Posted on 8/23/14 at 11:26 pm to Darkknight
TBH, I went back last year and watched a few In Living Colors and they really weren't that funny. The cast is impressive but just not that funny.
And SNL always sucks "now". No matter what year it is, no matter who the cast is, it was always better in the past.
And SNL always sucks "now". No matter what year it is, no matter who the cast is, it was always better in the past.
Posted on 8/23/14 at 11:30 pm to Brosef Stalin
This much is true.
But funny how SNL pushed the envelope for years, paid a fine to the FCC, got ratings and some of their best years.
Now, no so much. I somewhat disagree in that they can do what they use to do, they have just become more........
What's the word looking for? Pussified? Sensitive? Whoa-Is-Me''ish? Don't Hurt Feelings'ish?
They are not and have not been cutting edge for years. Sad but true.
But funny how SNL pushed the envelope for years, paid a fine to the FCC, got ratings and some of their best years.
Now, no so much. I somewhat disagree in that they can do what they use to do, they have just become more........
What's the word looking for? Pussified? Sensitive? Whoa-Is-Me''ish? Don't Hurt Feelings'ish?
They are not and have not been cutting edge for years. Sad but true.
Posted on 8/23/14 at 11:34 pm to Darkknight
Sorta like Monday night raw.
Compare 1998 to now.
Compare 1998 to now.
Posted on 8/23/14 at 11:37 pm to biglego
The cast was impressive, but the show wasn't?
I agree with ILC last couple of years, but for the bulk of their run, I think they were cutting edge.
Same as SNL use to be.....cutting edge. Not scared of putting it out there. Unlike today and for the past several years.
I agree with ILC last couple of years, but for the bulk of their run, I think they were cutting edge.
Same as SNL use to be.....cutting edge. Not scared of putting it out there. Unlike today and for the past several years.
Posted on 8/23/14 at 11:38 pm to biglego
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I went back last year and watched a few In Living Colors and they really weren't that funny.
It doesn't stand the test of time but it was funny then.
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And SNL always sucks "now". No matter what year it is, no matter who the cast is, it was always better in the past.
I totally agree with your 2nd sentence but not the 1st. Nobody thought it sucked in the early 90's, they thought they weren't Eddie's years or Belushi/Akroyd.
Posted on 8/24/14 at 12:00 am to SEClint
Ironic you say this. My son and his friends just finished watching Raw vs Nitro documentary. Their comments during the entire show....Wrestling was the shite back then! Nothing like today...
Lol
Lol
Posted on 8/24/14 at 12:17 am to Darkknight
The last two seasons of SNL have been the best seasons since the Will Ferrell days. There's always some crappy episodes, but there have been a much larger number of really good episodes.
Posted on 8/24/14 at 12:17 am to Darkknight
In Living Color doesn't hold up for shite
This is coming from someone who loved the show, and watched religiously while it was on the air.
If really isn't that funny at all, unless you are a teenager in the 90's...... Or maybe a black person.
This is coming from someone who loved the show, and watched religiously while it was on the air.
If really isn't that funny at all, unless you are a teenager in the 90's...... Or maybe a black person.
Posted on 8/24/14 at 12:30 am to Darkknight
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The cast was impressive, but the show wasn't?
A lot of future stars but not funny, at least not funny anymore. I didn't watch it much when it first ran.
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